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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, “The Four-Eyed Maverick”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What local tycoon and Frenchmen challenged Theodore Roosevelt’s newest land claim in the Dakotas, according to the author in Chapter 11, “The Cowboy of the Present”?
(a) Titus Sheard.
(b) James G. Blaine.
(c) Henry Cabot Lodge.
(d) Antoine Amedee Marie.

2. On what date was Theodore Roosevelt born?
(a) October 27, 1858.
(b) October 21, 1841.
(c) February 12, 1840.
(d) October 28, 1881.

3. Theodore Roosevelt’s first trip to the Dakota Territory began at what rough establishment described as a room full of cots in Chapter 8, “The Dude from New York”?
(a) The Myriam Hotel.
(b) The Jackson Cliff Tavern.
(c) The Pyramid Park Hotel.
(d) The White Horse Tavern.

4. Who did Theodore Roosevelt become friends with during his early career as an assemblyman, who became Roosevelt’s first ally?
(a) Seth Bullock.
(b) Isaac Hunt.
(c) Charles Patterson.
(d) George Edmunds.

5. Theodore Roosevelt’s ancestry has been described as half Irish and half what?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Dutch.
(d) Spanish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Theodore Roosevelt’s mother die of on the same day that his wife died?

2. While on his spring tour honeymoon of Europe with his wife Alice, Theodore Roosevelt learned of whose assassination?

3. What was the name of the second nature book that Theodore Roosevelt published while he was still enrolled in college?

4. Where did Roosevelt retreat after bribes were placed to block the impeachment of a Superior Court Judge that Roosevelt investigated, according to the author in Chapter 6, “The Cyclone Assemblyman”?

5. At what address did the Roosevelt family live when Theodore Roosevelt was born?

(see the answer key)

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